The H - 1B has been in the news over the past few years in connection with
job shortages in the high - tech industry.
When asked during the question - and - answer session why Education Secretary Nicky Morgan had played down the value of music, Nick Gibb replied that
a job shortage in the science industry had led to the government's emphasis on the value of science A-levels.
Not exact matches
Ultimately, hiring on - demand talent is a great solution for short - term
jobs, such as covering employee absences and vacations, filling
in for seasonal needs and bridging the gap during staff
shortages.
The push to beef up training suggests the
shortage won't last forever, but anyone looking to enter the field
in the near - term can expect to find
jobs waiting, says Oberai.
Sort by median salary to find the
jobs with the fattest pay cheques; sort by five - year wage growth to see which fields have the fastest - growing salaries — that can indicate a
shortage of qualified candidates (and opportunity for you); or sort by five - year growth
in the number of people
in the field — those are the places that have been on hiring sprees (but watch out; that doesn't mean they'll continue the streak).
In newly published research, the company analyzed skills
shortages based on data from member profiles and
job postings across 100 major U.S. cities.
The issues are rooted
in a compound of inevitable realities: the continuing disparity divide, a
shortage of workers for growing occupations, a widening skills gap for
job categories yet to exist, algorithms and automation that keep eating the world, and a new generation of workers desperate to find meaning
in work.
He pointed to success stories such as Cookbiz, a company founded
in 2007 that developed a
job - search platform aimed at alleviating high turnover and labor
shortages in the food industry.
A combination of the U.S.'s ageing population, and workers spurning physically demanding blue - collar
jobs in favor of pursuing college degrees has compounded labor
shortages.
Among the more than 1,000 U.S. workers surveyed, 79 percent feel there is a skills
shortage in the workplace due to a changing
job market.
Research by the Economic Policy Institute suggests that there may be less of a
shortage of STEM workers than assumed by the bill's proponents, and loopholes
in the bill will allow unscrupulous companies to use H - 1B visas to fill
jobs with cheaper foreign workers when U.S. workers would do.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the city of San Jose is currently opposing a development project
in neighboring Santa Clara on the grounds that it would bring too many
jobs to the region, worsening San Jose's homes
shortage.
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Just curious, since Marketplace radio told listeners about the
shortage of workers
in the residential construction industry for
jobs that pay $ 17.61 an hour.
this week the Minister of Finance held his seventh National Policy Retreat with business, academic and other «experts» to discuss
job creation and economic growth, particularly «issues» related to «skill
shortages, labor mobility, internal trade and promoting investment
in Canada.»
«
In areas of the country with severe labour shortages, the TFW program is vital, allowing restaurants to remain in business, and to continue to provide jobs for their Canadian employees,» the organization sai
In areas of the country with severe labour
shortages, the TFW program is vital, allowing restaurants to remain
in business, and to continue to provide jobs for their Canadian employees,» the organization sai
in business, and to continue to provide
jobs for their Canadian employees,» the organization said.
In Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, Infosys ranked first with 6,269 H - 1B petitions approved by the government, and Tata ranked second with 6,193... these leading offshore outsourcing firms use the H - 1B program to replace American workers and to facilitate the offshoring of American
jobs... they don't use the H - 1B visa as a way to alleviate a
shortage of STEM - educated U.S. workers; they use it primarily to cut labor costs.»
Moody's chief economist, who helps compile the data, noted that the US labour market continues to power ahead, and
job creation was strong across nearly all industries and company sizes, adding «mounting labour
shortages are set to get much worse»
in the months ahead.
The Chamber of Commerce put out a report today — actually I can't find much
in the way of background research on their web site — which points with alarm to labour and skills
shortages, and calls for a less generous EI program to get workers to move to the supposedly available
jobs.
Tighter
jobs and inflation: From a macro standpoint, the consumption tax hike appears to have lent firms additional pricing power, even as they face a looming skill
shortage, particularly
in the services sector.
At a wider level there are concerns about whether the prevalence of AI technology will result
in a
shortage of
jobs once supplied by a manual labour workforce.
Considering the amount of canning my dad and I did this year, I have no
shortage of mason jars
in my apartment and they do the
job just fine.
Australian agriculture is
in the grip of a severe skills
shortage; about 4,000
jobs were advertised last year looking for people with tertiary agriculture qualifications, and universities turned out just 130 graduates.
The Friends study also found staffers doing nothing while children were waiting around, eager for something to do; park district attendance records that often appeared «inflated and fictional ``; a total lack of evaluation of programs or
job descriptions to keep up with changing trends
in recreation, and a severe
shortage of programming for girls and women.
We should be doing a much better
job of educating and training enough Britons for these roles — we shouldn't be poaching health workers from around the world,
in conditions of considerable
shortage.
In November 2011, a major new housing strategy was announced by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, the aim of the strategy being to tackle the housing
shortage, boost the economy, create
jobs, and give people an opportunity to get on the housing ladder.
Extending childcare for those
in receipt of Universal Credit is absolutely the right thing to do: but when money is so tight, why the perk for the very wealthy who can afford it — and why not reforms to address the
shortage of supply that would create
jobs as well as helping those who need it most?
It's the one vision that could create
jobs, and build a national housing, energy, food and transport infrastructure fit to flourish
in a world of energy
shortages and climate change.
«We know there is a small group of benefit claimants without the major physical or health barriers to work associated with incapacity benefit - who live
in areas where there is no
shortage of vacancies, particularly for low - skilled
jobs but who nonetheless remain on benefits for long periods of time,» he said.
There's been no
shortage of speculation
in New York about who will take over for Mr. Holder — U.S. Attorney for Manhattan Preet Bharara was also asked about his interest
in the
job today.
While UKIP supported migrants coming to the UK to fill specific
jobs - where there were skills
shortages - he said economic problems
in the eurozone meant the influx of low - skilled labour to the UK was likely to accelerate and questioned the social and cultural impact it had had.
school - to - work issues by identifying professional
job classifications
in the state and regionally where underrepresentation is evident, and / or where workforce
shortages exist or are expected, beginning with core courses for science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET) fields, and then expanding the focus to other professional fields, and
In order to gain a clearer picture of the labor market for cybersecurity professionals, Libicki and coauthors David Senty and Julia Pollak reviewed previous studies on the topic, examined the economics of particular kinds of skilled labor
shortages, conducted interviews with managers and educators of cybersecurity professionals, and examined the kinds of skill sets required for these
jobs.
These funds may head off threatened financial calamity on some campuses, but nothing anywhere on the horizon portends improvement
in the long - standing, systemic
shortage of faculty
jobs.
Yet, because of an extreme
shortage of forensic pathologists — the country has fewer than half the specialists it needs, a 2009 report by the National Academy of Sciences concluded — even physicians who flunk their board exams find
jobs in the field.
Why do we keep wishing to expand the supply of scientists even though there is no evidence of imminent
shortages, and most
jobs are
in the private sector, where they are immune to management by policy fiat?
Bearing children at higher rates than their hosts and taking lower - paying
jobs in hospitals and nursing homes, the new arrivals have the potential to alleviate two problems at once, those of rapid aging and a
shortage of caregivers.
«At present, there are many qualified candidates
in the
job market, but a
shortage is expected within the next 10 years,» says Kai Schierholz, a former polymer chemist now Chief Scientific Officer at Nanoledge.
Whether you're worrying about repaying your college loan, having
job stability
in an unstable economy or making sure your toddler hits all the developmental milestones at the right times, there's no
shortage of material for mind sweat.
The story takes place
in 2010
in Orlando, Fla., where Nash (Andrew Garfield) is a laborer facing a
shortage of construction
jobs.
It's probably not really the emotionally charged crowd - pleaser it tries to be, but as a sports docudrama, it does a respectable
job in creating a good sense of the atmosphere of the times, and the importance of the game to a country that suffered through Watergate, Vietnam, the Iranian hostage crisis, unbelievable inflation, gas
shortages, and the Cold War.
The study by researchers at the Educational Testing Service
in Princeton, N.J., also warns that an impending
shortage of college - educated workers could undermine the United States» place
in the world unless the nation does a better
job preparing young people for higher education and expanding access to it.
The Tier 2
Shortage Occupation List of
jobs with such severe skills
shortages that the government will permit visas includes many
in creative industries such as special effects, graphic design and animation.
As a matter of fact, there was actually plenty of
jobs there because there is a
shortage of special education teachers
in 49 out of our 50 states.
There is a challenge
in making sure that these apprenticeships are devised so as to help tackle the skills
shortages and open up
jobs to a wider and more diverse range of students.
For recruiters, there are certain challenges with advertising for top eLearning
jobs, due to persistent
shortages in many key areas.
Based on the current recruitment into training data, the predictions for the 2016
job market forecasts that
shortages will increase
in English, geography, design & technology and business studies, with regional
shortages predicted
in IT and computer science, music and religious education.
«It's only when they arrive
in Australia that they realise that permanent teaching positions
in most Australian states are very scarce, and that any
job shortages are geographic or discipline based.»
Lastly, there is a huge
shortage in this country of people to fill
jobs in the highly skilled trades.
Washington — Members of the House Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization last week approved a bill, introduced earlier this year, that would authorize $ 1.25 billion to assist state vocational - education agencies
in developing
job - training programs for defense - related industries with critical manpower
shortages.